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I had a big Sockeye Salmon filet in the freezer from Costco for a while now and decided yesterday was the day to give it a try. I had to cut it to get it to fit on the tray. My previous experiments with Salmon have been somewhat less than great, so I was a bit nervous about it. But I did a lot of researching here and Robs forum (Smokingpit.com) for a fail safe method and adapted a couple of recipes. I started out by using Bears brine recipe (thanks Bear) and brining the filet for 4 hours. Since I dont have the cold smoking abilities of Bears MES, I settled on Robs method of hot smoking using a slightly modified version of his Peach Smoked Salmon With a Sweet Garlic Marinade recipe. The only variation to his marinade was I used 1/2 the amount of brown sugar and substituted a couple of tablespoons of Yoshidas teriyaki sauce which is on the sweet side too.
A couple more filets just for the Halibut.
I know, over used joke. I used the same brine and marinade recipes & time for the Halibut as I did with the salmon.
Both on the sheet after brining and as much time as I could spare to form pelicle, but not really enough.
On the smoker for 2 hours of cold smoke with my home made version on the AMS with apple sawdust.
After 1 hr, 45 min mark, I fired up the Yoder to 225 with Cherry pellets and cooked for a little over 1 hr until the were flaky but still firm. Off the smoker and ready to eat.
Dinner time!
Mrs. Otis made up some twice baked potaotes, deviled eggs and broccoli for a feast that had us all stuffed.
After polling our dinner guests, the Salmon was the favorite of the 2, but both were great and a big hit. They were cooked to the right consistancy, moist and tasty. But I think the flavor profile was better suited to the salmon than the Halibut. The smoke flavor was a bit light too, so the next go around, I will wont be using the foil trays to get a little more smoke flavor. Still, the crowd was pleased, I was not as self critical as usual on the results, so it was a good night.
Thanks for looking.
I had a big Sockeye Salmon filet in the freezer from Costco for a while now and decided yesterday was the day to give it a try. I had to cut it to get it to fit on the tray. My previous experiments with Salmon have been somewhat less than great, so I was a bit nervous about it. But I did a lot of researching here and Robs forum (Smokingpit.com) for a fail safe method and adapted a couple of recipes. I started out by using Bears brine recipe (thanks Bear) and brining the filet for 4 hours. Since I dont have the cold smoking abilities of Bears MES, I settled on Robs method of hot smoking using a slightly modified version of his Peach Smoked Salmon With a Sweet Garlic Marinade recipe. The only variation to his marinade was I used 1/2 the amount of brown sugar and substituted a couple of tablespoons of Yoshidas teriyaki sauce which is on the sweet side too.
A couple more filets just for the Halibut.
I know, over used joke. I used the same brine and marinade recipes & time for the Halibut as I did with the salmon.Both on the sheet after brining and as much time as I could spare to form pelicle, but not really enough.
On the smoker for 2 hours of cold smoke with my home made version on the AMS with apple sawdust.
After 1 hr, 45 min mark, I fired up the Yoder to 225 with Cherry pellets and cooked for a little over 1 hr until the were flaky but still firm. Off the smoker and ready to eat.
Dinner time!
Mrs. Otis made up some twice baked potaotes, deviled eggs and broccoli for a feast that had us all stuffed. After polling our dinner guests, the Salmon was the favorite of the 2, but both were great and a big hit. They were cooked to the right consistancy, moist and tasty. But I think the flavor profile was better suited to the salmon than the Halibut. The smoke flavor was a bit light too, so the next go around, I will wont be using the foil trays to get a little more smoke flavor. Still, the crowd was pleased, I was not as self critical as usual on the results, so it was a good night.
Thanks for looking.
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